Topic

Junior School: Zoo

Zoo Online reading and activities.
· Meet the locals- Doc tv show - You can register for free DVD’s and education resources. http://tvnz.co.nz/meet-the-locals/meet-locals-education-resources-2987169
· A reading website. A guided reading lesson that has activities and worksheets. http://roythezebra.com/guided-reading-story.html
· Storynory : Audio books zoo section http://storynory.com/category/original-stories-for-children/zoo-stories/
You Tube
Seseme Street animal music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muDvYlm02Oc
ABC of animals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWAtPMsk8_Y&feature=related

Enrichment

· Enrichment with chimps at Hamilton zoo. http://www.hamiltonzoo.co.nz/file/fileid/9235
· Honolulu Zoo enrichment program: very good webpage http://www.honoluluzoo.org/enrichment_activities.htm
· Disney zoo enrichment: animal specific and easy to follow. http://www.animalenrichment.org/
· Enrichment for some animals: for good readers http://www.enrichmentonline.org/aboutus/index.asp
· Smithsonian Zoo: for good readers http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationandScience/AnimalEnrichment/default.cfm
· Detroit Zoo: good description of different types of enrichment on page 2. http://www.detroitzoo.org/Animals/Enrichment/Enrichment/
· Phoenix Zoo: for very high readers http://www.phoenixzoo.org/learn/animals/behavioral_enrichment.shtml
· Huston zoo: http://www.houstonzoo.org/Enrichment/
Games
· Animal shape tessellation game. http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/web/animalplanet/shapeshifter/
· parasites game make a life cycle of a parasite. http://animal.discovery.com/tv/monsters-inside-me/pet-parasite/
· pet picker quiz game. http://animal.discovery.com/pet-planet/pet-picker/
· make a mutt make your own dog breed http://animal.discovery.com/pet-planet/mutt-maker/mutt-maker.html
· Build a beast – make your own animal http://www.sandiegozoo.org/kids/games/bab.html
· Animal match game - http://www.sandiegozoo.org/kids/games/dwes.html
Animals and conservation websites
· Animal Planet http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/web/animalplanet/
· DOC: New Zealand Native animals and conservation http://www.doc.govt.nz/
Zoo’s
· Hamilton Zoo http://www.hamiltonzoo.co.nz/index.asp
· Auckland Zoo http://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/
· Taronga Zoo Australia http://www.taronga.org.au/taronga-zoo.aspx
· Cincinnati Zoo USA http://www.cincinnatizoo.org/
· Singapore Zoo http://www.zoo.com.sg/
· London Zoo http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo//
· San Diago Zoo http://www.sandiegozoo.org/
Teacher Plans/resources
· Multiple intelligences plan for the zoo. http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/teachers/tech_based_resources/MI_pages/MIBT_UNITS/html/Zoo.htm
· Animal enrichment data base: links to a lot of sites http://awic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=3&tax_level=2&tax_subject=180&topic_id=1483
· DOC: New Zealand Native animals and conservation http://www.doc.govt.nz/
· Enrichment with chimps at Hamilton zoo. http://www.hamiltonzoo.co.nz/file/fileid/9235
· BP challenge: animal enrichment for the kea at Hamilton zoo http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/Site/TeachersStudents/Programmes/bp_chall/2006/zoo.aspx
This page has a lot of printable maths and language activities http://www.learningpage.com/pages/menu_wkshts/funsheets_zoo.html

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